My wife and I have been married for 46 years. We know each other well.

We are at the stage of our lives where simply being with each other without conversation or tasks to be handled is a blessing. We enjoy this time together, with my wife in one chair, myself in another. We enjoy simply being present to each other, perhaps one of us reading a book, and the other surfing the internet. Once in a while, we will look up and smile at the other.

It is a blessing to have this relationship.

If such an experience can build further, deeper, love and appreciation for us as humans, the same can be true for our relationship with God.

Perhaps saying, “Lord, You know what I ask for in my prayers, and You know of my desire to grow closer to You. In the next few moments, let me just be with You, without anything to ask or say or reflect upon…I just want to simply be together.”

When we do this, we can imagine Jesus looking down and smiling at us, and we imagine smiling back at Him.

It is the best blessing to have this relationship.

By: Deacon Tom Gryzbek